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Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Candy Dish Pillows

I used the pattern "Candy Dish," along with the Hex N More ruler. I don't own many "specialty" rulers, so it was really a treat to be able to try this one out. I loved it! The pattern also offers the option to make your own templates, but "wow!" did this ruler make it easy. Now I'm having fun looking at all of the other Jaybird Quilts patterns that use this ruler -- lots of fun options!

The pattern uses 4 1/2" hexagons and 2 1/2" triangles -- and the cutting is so easy with this cool ruler. This is a fantastic pattern for using up little scraps of fabric. I have been saving even my tiniest scraps of AMH Good Folks, and was able to use quite a few in this project!

Each pillow top came together in a few hours. For whatever reason, I found matching up the triangle points easier on the pillow with the solid triangles rather than the solid hexagons. I ended up pinning along my seam line for the trickier pillow top, and then slowly removed the pin as I sewed along this line.

For the quilting I copied the pattern pillows -- the straight line quilting gives it such texture! I drew lines with my water soluble marker down the middle of each hexagon, so that I'd have a mark to know where to switch direction for the zig zags.

These pillows finish at 16 inches square.I finished mine with invisible zippers, and put them in the corner of my living room where I can see them every day!

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Hi, I'm Michelle, a lucky mom of two very creative little people. Our house is our studio-there are handmade pictures on our walls and quilts everywhere. My little artists (8 yr old twins Holly & Alexia) are busy with creations of all kinds, and I try to fit in as much sewing and quilting as I can. I love to make things, both with my little artists and after they are sleeping.
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